Dallas man killed in hit-and-run by apparent drunken driver remembered by loved ones
DALLAS - The Tarrant County Medical Examiner has identified the man who was hit and killed by an apparent drunken driver in Dallas and driven all the way to White Settlement.
45-year-old Terry Ivory was killed in the crash while in the crosswalk at the intersection I-30 and Cockrell Hill Road on Saturday night.
Nestor Joel Lujan Flores is now facing an accident involving death charge in the crash. He was transported to the Dallas County Jail on Tuesday.
Police say Flores drove from the scene of the crash for 40 miles to White Settlement with Ivory's body in the passenger seat. He told police he thought he had hit a deer.
Nestor Joel Lujan Flores (Source: Dallas County Jail)
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Terry leaves behind three siblings. They shared with FOX 4 that he was homeless and currently living under the bridge on I-30, but he never complained about his situation.
"It’s just hard because he was taken from us," said his sister, Nikitria Beasley. "He didn’t just leave. He was taken."
"He would always count himself blessed," said sister Tesha Shannon. "He wsn’t one to complain about his situation."
Terry’s sisters live in Dallas. His younger brother, Aikda Ivory, lives in Charleston. The three just found out he was the victim in the crash.
"It’s heartbreaking. It’s sad," Aikda said. "It’s just instant — gone."
Nikitria saw him last week and exchanged text messages with him a few days ago.
"His smile, his laughter is going to be missed tremendously," she said.
The family is still processing how he was killed.
"You just wonder when will people learn. When will they learn that it’s not just you making a mistake. It’s not just you making one decision," Shannon said. "That decision has a ripple that affects lives, and it hurts everyone who has anything to do with that person."
Terry’s siblings say he was a person who tried to make the best out of each day.
"He always had an appetite for, ‘I’m gonna get up the next day and make something of this day.’ He was that kind of positive person," Shannon said.
An arrest affidavit says that while investigating the crash, a homeless man came up to Dallas detectives asking if Terry, his friend, had been the one who was hit. Investigators in the area found body parts believed to belong to Terry.
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Nestor Joel Lujan Flores was found passed out in a White Settlement restaurant parking lot on Saturday night with a dead body inside of his car, nearly 40 miles from the Dallas crash site.
Flores, who previously was arrested for DWI in 2020 by Plano police, could face more charges.
Investigators have not yet released his blood alcohol concentration at the time of the crash.